Really Useful Sites for Really Busy People
50 timesaving sites that deliver top-notch information, support, and services.
Kim Zetter
NEWS & SPORTS
Get News Streamed to Your Desktop
Instead of surfing for your news, have it come to you, with the free Desktop News ticker. Download the program, choose from a number of channels--including ABC News, CNN, ESPN.com, InfoWorld, and Salon--and Desktop News will stream headlines to you. Click a headline in the ticker to open the full story in your browser.
Read Global News in One Place
If you want an overview of international news, Google aggregates articles from more than 4000 sources worldwide (including TV and radio Web sites) and organizes them on a clean page, under subject headings.
Read or Subscribe to a Magazine
Tired of trying to find the magazine you want on a crowded newsstand? Then Magazineboy.com is the site for you. Lists of more than 1600 magazines in a wide range of interests are organized in categories and subcategories. Links take you to the magazine's Web site or to deals on subscriptions.
Follow Basketball Scores on Your Desktop
Don't let work get in the way of play--download ESPN's free Bottomline sports ticker to get current scores and breaking sports news on your PC. Click a news headline or score to get in-depth coverage or statistics behind the scores.
Get Sports Scores on Your Palm
If you're as anxious as the next sports fan to know when Brett Favre throws another touchdown pass or when the Lakers win another game, ESPN's download for wireless Web-enabled Palms will put you in the action with dynamic scoreboards that tell you a game's current standing.
Read Sports Pages From Out of Town
SportsPages.com aggregates links to hundreds of sports sections and columnists around the country. Follow out-of-state teams or sign up for the Daily Link ($12 a month) to receive e-mail containing the best sports journalism of the day, including profiles and exclusives from reporters' notebooks.
Sign Up for Sporting Events
Registering for marathons and bike races can be time-consuming and difficult if they're out-of-town events. Active.com lets you search and register for myriad sporting events--from turkey trots to triathlons. What's more, the site's Training Bible link lets you plan and track your training progress online.
